PJ: "WARNING, THESE DOCUMENTS ARE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED AND ONLY AUTHORISED PERSONNEL MAY READ THEM.
*Unauthorised access may lead to years of imprisonment and potential deportation out of our wonderful nation of Arstotzka*
Inspectors,
Today I bring great news. Our glorious nation has decided to open its borders and allow the suffering people of the other inferior nations entrance into our great and wonderful country.
However, be weary inspectors, not all immigrants have been cleared for entrance into our great country. It is your job and duty as an Arstotzkan border inspector to ensure all people who pass through your border checkpoint have their papers in order! To ensure this we have provided you with the latest technology that our genius scientists have produced. So go! Out there! Do your duty for the glorious country of Arstotzka!
GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA
Signed, the Ministry of Admission"
Stop (or profit off) your border's contraband!
BLG writes: "Dystopian games are more relevant than ever in a day and age when the world seems to be getting progressively bleaker with each passing year. But dystopian fiction, in general, isn’t trying to make us depressed by showing us how much worse things could get. Rather, the point is (usually) to serve as a cautionary tale, and there’s perhaps no tale more cautionary than George Orwell’s 1984."
A game that should absolutely be on this list is Disco Elysium. That game is wildly deep in the field of its take on social issues, politics, religion, morality, and the internal struggles of the human psyche.
Still haven't finished it but Disco Elysium is really great. I love the dark sense of humour.
I love dystopian settings in general. We happy few is an excellent game. It is basically a mash up of 1984 and the other dystopian classic Brave New World. The drug 'Joy' is essentially 'Soma' from Aldous Huxley's novel.
Orwell was surprisingly engrossing. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than I expected. I bought the sequel on Steam but haven't gotten around to playing it yet.
Don't need a game to experience Orwell. Real life follows it pretty well.
It is not only through paperwork and armed guards that Askrokia maintains its power, but from the way it controls the player’s limited and valuable time.
